Saint-Jouin-Bruneval

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Operation Biting memorial at Bruneval, Northern France.
Operation Biting memorial at Bruneval, Northern France.

Saint-Jouin-Bruneval is a village and commune of France, in the département of Seine-Maritime.

During World War II, Operation Biting (also known as the Bruneval Raid) was a successful Combined Operations raid to capture components of a German Würzburg radar set at Bruneval on 27/28 February, 1942.


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Communes of the Seine-Maritime department

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Coordinates: 49°39′N 0°10′E / 49.65, 0.167